unzulässigen

Unzulässig is a German adjective meaning not permissible or not allowed. The form unzulässigen is the inflected adjective used in various plural or determiner-influenced contexts. In German, adjectives agree with the noun they modify, so unzulässig changes its ending according to case, number, and the presence of a determiner.

In plural with a definite article, the attributive form typically takes the ending -en. For example: die unzulässigen Handlungen (the impermissible actions) or die unzulässigen Beweise in a legal setting. After prepositions that govern the dative plural, you also encounter the ending -en: mit den unzulässigen Handlungen, in den unzulässigen Fällen. When no determiner is present and the strong declension is used, the plural form appears as unzulässige Handlungen (unzulässige in the nominative/accusative plural).

The term is widely used in legal, administrative, and ethical discourse to denote acts, measures, or procedures that are not allowed by law, policy, or rules. Examples include unzulässige Beweise (inadmissible evidence) or unzulässige Methoden (impermissible methods). The word can also be nominalized to function as a noun: das Unzulässige, referring to the concept of impermissibility rather than a specific instance.

Etymology: unzulässig is formed from un- (negation) and zulässig (permissible). The combination reflects a standard German pattern for negating qualities that are otherwise described by zulässig, related to the verb zulassen (to permit).